The Tragic Story of the Arkansas Negro Boys’ Industrial School

Growing up, I thought the institution was an urban legend. The truth was worse.

Marlon Weems
Momentum
Published in
9 min readFeb 17, 2021

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Incarcerated teens at the Arkansas Negro Boys’ Industrial School. Photo: KATV News

History is fascinating. It is a work in progress. It evolves. Many times, the history we think we know is but a fable. But every so often, long-hidden history, not to be ignored, reaches out from the depths of obscurity…

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